Moving towards a paperless office with Autoentry

Due to the nature of the job, there’s always a lot of paper, which can quickly stack up in the office. With even the smallest firms typically storing thousands of documents, going paper-free may seem daunting to start with. However, alongside the inherent environmental benefits, there are numerous operational and financial gains in transferring your physical files to digital records.

Driving a culture of change

When implementing a paper-free strategy, and whether your team is two or twenty, it will be important for everyone to be on board.

Paper documents can easily get lost, or fall into the wrong hands, therefore digitising your records and implementing ‘a clear desk policy’, will not only better organise this data, but help to keep it protected.

Digital tools are available to automate and streamline almost every line of business. With the strategic application of the right technology, firms can work more efficiently, whilst reducing their use of paper.

Automating data entry is key

At Autoentry, their goal is to be part of the paper-free movement, by providing OCR-based software which helps businesses automate their bookkeeping data entry. Autoentry works by capturing and analysing details from scanned and photographed bank and credit card statements, bills, invoices, expenses and receipts and inputs them directly into a user’s accounting software; integrating with all major accounting software providers including QuickBooks, Xero and Sage. Available with a mobile app, Autoentry allows users to scan receipts on the move, and having posted the data to a user’s accounts software, the solution can act as your online filing cabinet, storing your documents for as long as you need, retrievable at the touch of a button.

So, think twice before printing, posting and photocopying documents unnecessarily. Consider using an automated bookkeeping solution to not only help eliminate the time and cost of manual data entry, but to help your office go green and reduce its consumption of paper.